Education: San Jose State University, Bachelor of Arts / Science
Stanford University, Master of Business Administration
Iranian immigrant studied at San Jose State, then Stanford for M.B.A. A guru of the business side of technology: mastered marketing, product management, business development with various startups (3DO, Go Corp.). Then Netscape: increased online revenue 125% in 18 months. Joined Google 1999 after fellow Netscape alum K. Ram Shriram joined board the year before. Brought Google to profitability in record time. Orchestrated alliance with Time Warner's AOL; members search with Google search tech in exchange for 5% stake in Time Warner.